Family receives ‘letter to future self’ from teen who was shot, killed 14 years ago

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STOCKTON, Calif. -- A California mother says she has a new sense of peace after receiving a letter written in 2000 by her late 16-year-old son.

Aaron Vickers was shot and killed at age 19, two years after he wrote the letter, which was addressed to himself.

Last week, a teacher at Vickers' high school contacted his family on Facebook to let them know he'd found the letter.

Vickers was supposed to read the letter in 2010, but his sister Tyra Vickers-Kearney ended up reading it six years later.

"This letter coming when it came was my brother’s way of saying, you know, 'Good job for keeping my memory alive, I appreciate it,'" Tyra said. “Still a huge hole in my heart, a huge void in our lives.”